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After hours of testimony, council refers short‑term rental changes to staff to refine enforcement and house‑rule proposals
Summary
Following extensive public comment for and against short‑term rental regulation, the council voted to reject minimum‑stay and 180‑day caps from the current draft and referred the ordinance back to staff with instructions to work with the STR Alliance, Equal Rights Commission and community stakeholders on enforcement, house‑rules postings and a notification template.
The Green Bay Common Council spent the bulk of its Dec. 2 meeting debating proposed changes to short‑term rental (STR) rules and heard more than two hours of public testimony from residents, STR operators, tourism workers and neighborhood advocates.
Alders and staff framed the issue as twofold: nuisance enforcement (noise, parking, animal complaints) and broader housing‑supply concerns. Alder Jennifer Grant proposed a referral to staff to develop three concrete items: a standardized neighbor‑notification letter sent on initial permit or renewal, a short set of required ‘house rules’ operators…
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